INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace

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Paperback, 1079 pages
Published 2006 by Back Bay Books (first published 1996)
ISBN: 0316066524
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75786.Infinite_Jest

My conversation on The Great Concavity podcast:
https://greatconcavity.podbean.com/e/episode-58-discussing-david-foster-wallace-with-chris-via-of-leaf-by-leaf/

David Foster Wallace Society:
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TOC
1. Intro 0:00:00
2. Apology 0:05:11
3. Approach to Reading 0:09:12
4. General Observations of IJ 0:10:37
5. Themes in IJ 0:12:47
6. (Attempt at) Plot Summary 0:14:13
7. Literature Review 0:20:47
8. Ramble through Reading Notes 0:47:12
9. Parting Thoughts 1:14:50

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Sources

Bookworm interview with David Foster Wallace (11 April 1996):
https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/david-foster-wallace-infinite-jest

“David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide” by Stephen J. Burn
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13633201-david-foster-wallace-s-infinite-jest

“A Reader's Companion to Infinite Jest” by Robert Bell and William Dowling
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4296.A_Reader_s_Companion_to_Infinite_Jest

“Conversations with David Foster Wallace” edited by Stephen J. Burn
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13099799-conversations-with-david-foster-wallace

“Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace” by D.T. Max
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13589124-every-love-story-is-a-ghost-story

“Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace” by David Lipsky
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6916961-although-of-course-you-end-up-becoming-yourself

“Understanding David Foster Wallace” by Marshall Boswell
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55978019-understanding-david-foster-wallace

“Elegant Complexity: A Study of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest” by Greg Carlisle
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1655890.Elegant_Complexity

“The End of the Tour” (2015) starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3416744/

“Programming Literary Influence: David Foster Wallace’s ‘B.I. #59’” (from Texas Studies in Literature and Language) by Lucas Thompson
https://www.utexaspressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7560/TSLL56201

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